Hei elei, kuck elei

Hei elei, kuck elei (English: "Hey there, look at this") was the title of a television show in the Luxembourgish language (the first ever), which was broadcast between 21 September 1969 and 21 October 1991 on Sunday afternoons between 1:00 p.m. and 1:45 p.m. (later until 3:00 p.m.) on the frequency of Télé Luxembourg (in the end it was also broadcast by RTLplus).

It was produced by CLT. The editor-in-chief and main moderator was Jean Octave, and in later broadcasts, Lucien Michels also (co-)moderated various broadcasts. The program usually consisted of a weekly review, and occasional reports, debates, music or theater performances, etc.

The initiator of this magazine was the former general director of the CLT, Gust Graas. It was also he who suggested the name "Hei elei, kuck elei".

Hei elei, kuck elei was replaced in October 1991 by a daily broadcast in Luxembourgish, RTL Hei elei (which was renamed RTL De Journal in September 1995).

The name is a verse from the operetta D'Mumm Séis by Edmond de la Fontaine.

It is probably the most famous Luxembourgish phrase in the Netherlands. This comes from the fact that, when RTL launched a television channel in Dutch (RTL Veronique, today's RTL 4), this channel had to be officially "Luxembourgish", because it did not have a Dutch license and was only allowed to be broadcast as a "foreign" channel by cable networks. Therefore, around midnight, when the program was over, or early in the morning, before it started, "Hei elei, kuck elei" was broadcast. Especially among young people, it had a certain cult status to watch "Hei elei" before (or after) going out and enjoying the successful program.

Since September 2012, RTL Télé Luxembourg rebroadcasts episodes of Hei elei, kuck elei from 30 years ago every Sunday.

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